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To all tf1/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Joi-rN Dormir, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Hoboken, `in the county of Hudson and `State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rug-Holders, of which the `followingis al specification.`

The invention relates "to fastening `means adapted to engage the margin of a rug, car` pet, or other analogous l floor 1 coveringwand hold it to the oor, and the'object ofthe invention is `to provide a fastener lwhich shall be inexpensive, easily and quickly en` gaged with the rug on the under face thereof, and be easily and reliably secured to the licor, lie concealed the fabric of the rug, and also be easily disengaged when iequiredl The invention consists in certain details of construction and arrangement, by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show the invention as it has been carried out in practice.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fastener.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical central section.

Fig. 4c is a plan view.

Fig. 5 is a view of the under face of the fastener.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation.

Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 show the fastener in side elevation in several successive stages in the operation of engaging the rug and securing the fastener and rug to the floor.

Fig. l2 is a top view of a portion of a rug thus secured. y

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is a triangular plate of sheet metal, preferably thin steel, having a perforation at approximately the center in which is received the shank B of a track, serving as a spur projecting on the under face, thrust through from above and held by soldering the head B1 thereof to the upper face of the plate. y

, Between the tack B and one edge of the plate is another perforation on the center' line, through which a pin C is thrust from below and held by soldering an arm C1 of the pin upon the under face of the plate. The arm C1 is formed by bending the wire of the pin at a right angle and it lies preferl alittle distance from such edge.

ably at a rightangle to the adjacent u edge of the plate. Thepiniscurvedand extends outwardly onfthe `center linewith the point C2 projecting outwardly and downwardly y back andthe underiface ofthe plate applied ,upon the under face ofthe latter against thespur B, as in Fig.- 7,

of the rug with the edge and ,the` curved ipin `C :extended toward the` body of the rug, the tack serving as a gage tolocatethe fastener relatively `to the edge ofthe rug. The point C2 of the pin is then thrust through the rug by folding the plate upon the under face of the latter, see Fig.

8, and a continuation of such movement brings the upper face of the plate against the under face ofthe rug, with the pin eX- tending in an arch therethrough, and with its point C2 embedded therein, as in Fig. 9.

The margin of the rug is then laid upon the y floor with the spur in position to be driven, see Fig. 10, and byblows of a hammer, or the application of suflicient force through a plane surface laid upon the upper face of the rug above the plate, the tack or spur is driven into the floor and thus holds the rug. The same driving implement lattens the arch of the curved pin and conceals or partially conceals it in the material of the rug, as in Fig. 11. rlhe point C2 of the pin may enter the floor as shown in Fig. 1l, and aid in holding down the extreme edge of the rug, or may be simply bent down, but in either case it projects downwardly and is elfeo tually sheathed and concealed. As many fasteners as are necessary may be thus apl plied along the margin of the rug, the spurs serving to locate them at the same distance from -the edge.

It will be noted by referring to Fig. l1, that the entire under face of the plate A does not lie in close contact with the floor but is elevated at one edge by the arm C1 of the pin thus providing a crevice for the introduction of a suitable tool, preferably a bifurcated claw adapted to extend beneath the plate on both sides of the arm C1, by which the plate with its spur or tack may be lifted and the latter withdrawn from the jecting upony such floor. A reversal of the engaging operation draws out the pin and releases the fastener. j

I claim Y 1. The rug holder described comprising a plate, a tack Secured to `Said plate and projecting downwardly from the under face thereof and adapted to be driven into a.

floor, a perforation in said plate between said tack and an adjacent edge of said plate, a, curved pin thrust through such perforation from the underface vof said plate, said pin extending upwardly from the upper face of saidplate andthence outwardly at a right anglev to such edge and beyond the latter and tern'linatingY in va downwardly projected pointiadapted tol .penetrate and engage a rug, and an arm on s'aidrpin secured to and. prof lower face and serving to attach'said pinto said plate and to hold Such edge of said plate out of contact withthe floor. fr K 2. The rug holder described comprising a .plate having a perforation, a tackV thrust Ccqpiesv f this patentrmay be obtained for through such perforation from the upper face of said plate and having a head secured to' such upper face, asecond perforation in said plate between said tack and an adjacent edge of said plate, a curved pin thrust through said second perforation from the under face of said plate and having an arm secured to such under face, said pin extending upwardly from such upper face and thence outwardly at a right angle to'and beyond such edge and terminating in a downwardly projected point adapted to penetrate and engage a rug, said tack adapted to serve the double function of holding said plate to a floor andas a gage in locating the point of engagement of said pin with Such rug, and said arm adapted to serve the double function of Securing said pin to said plate and holding said edge out of Contact with the ioor.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix my signature.

JOHN DOYLE.

ve cents each,V by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. CL 

